Wallet



Aug. 7, 1962 CHA FOOK 3,048,210

WALLET Filed April 8, 1960 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INV EN TOR.

Aug. 7, 1962 CHA FOOK 3,048,210

WALLET Filed April 8, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. (662 1 20i atented Aug. 7, 1962 ice 3,048,210 WALLET Cha Fook, Fall River, Mass. (77 Oak St., Boston 11, Mass.) Filed Apr. 8, 1960, Ser. No. 20,875 3 Claims. (Cl. 15038) This invention relates to improvements in pocket wallets, and more particularly to novel and improved paper money carrying wallets.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of simply constructed, inexpensive, and non-bulky paper money wallets which segregate bills of different denominations, with portions of the bills extending through slots, in a readily accessible manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide wallets of the character indicated above which, are adapted to be folded medially thereof to form a flat, substantially square form, rather than an elongated rectangular form, so as to occupy less garment pocket space or other carrying space.

A further object of the invention is the provision of wallets of the character indicated above, which are composed of a single elongated rectangular cover sheet to be folded medially thereof to define two square flaps, and an elongated rectangular inside sheet, preferably somewhat shorter and narrower than the outer or cover sheet, the inner sheet being folded medially to define first and second inner flaps, the first flap being secured, at its free end, to the cover sheet at its fold, the first flap having tabs along itsends which fold inwardly onto the outer side of the first flap, the second flap having on its outer side, at its free end, fastener elements which are engageable with fastener elements on the tabs, the two flaps having registered longitudinal slots therein which provide access to money bills disposed between the flaps, some of the bills being extended out through the slot of the second flap, and other money bills being extended into the space between the flaps through the slot of the first flap, from the outer side of the first flap.

A still further object of the invention is to provide wallets of the character indicated above which are formed from a small number of simple and easily assembled parts, and which can be manufactured in attractive and serviceable forms at relatively low cost, from such inexpensive materials as plastics and compositions.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specific form of the invention is set forth in detail. a

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a wallet of the invention, showing the same in closed and fastened condition;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged perspective view of said wallet, showing the same unfastened and unfolded to open position, with a protective tab unfolded to open position, and a pocket closure tab in open position in phantom lines;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical central section taken on the line 3-3 of FIGURE -2, and inverted with respect thereto, having pocket closure tabs in closed positions in full lines, and in open positions in phantom lines;

FIGURE 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view, like FIG- URE 4, showing the disposition of paper money in a pocket;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of another form of wallet of the invention, showing the same in closed position;

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the wallet of FIGURE 6, showing the same open, with its pocket folded upwardly;

FIGURE 8 is a view like FIGURE 7, showing the pocket folded downwardly;

FIGURE 9 is a fragmentary vertical central section taken on the line 99 of FIGURE 7;

FIGURE 10 is a further enlarged fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line 1010 of FIGURE 7, showing disposition of money bills in the pocket; and,

FIGURE 11 is a plan view, on a reduced scale, shovw'ng the pocket-forming sheet with tabs of the pocket unfastened and folded open.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts through the several views, and first to FIGURES 1 to 5, the wallet therein shown, and generally designated A, comprises an elongated rectangular and flexible cover sheet or panel 12, of dimensions such that when folded transversely intermediate its ends, as indicated at 14, two square, superimposed first and second flaps 16 and 18, respectively, are produced. The second flap 18 has a triangular closure tab 20 on its A free end, which is provided, on its inward side, with a snap fastener element 22, located at its apex, to be securably engaged with a snap fastener element 24, located centrally on the outerside of the first flap 16, so as to hold the wallet closed, as shown in FIGURE 1.

On the inner sides of the first and second flaps 16 and 18, first and second pockets 26 and 28, respectively, are secured upon related areas of the flaps, at their longitudinally inward ends only, at points close to and at opposite sides of the cover sheet fold '14, as shown in FIGURE 3. The pocket 26, 28 are flexible and are similar, and are composed of inner and outer walls '30 and 32, respectively, which are suitably secured together along both of their outer side edges, as indicated at 34, and along their longitudinally inward edges, as indicated at 3 6, the walls 30 and 32 being un-connected at their longitudinally outward edges to provide access to the interiors of the pockets for placing money bills therein, folded in two, as shown in FIGURE 5. Preferably triangular closure tabs 38 are provided on the longitudinally outward edges of the outer pocket walls 32, and are adapted to be folded across the open ends of the pockets and tucked between the inner pocket walls 30 and related ones of the cover flaps, as shown in FIGURE 3.

As shown in FIGURE 5, money bills 40, folded in half, are adapted to be inserted through the open ends of the pockets 26, 28, following which the closure tabs 38 are put in their secured closing positions. Providing controlled access to the bills 40 in the pockets 26, 28 are longitudinal slots 42 formed centrally in the outer pocket walls 32, which extend to the ends of the pockets, and through which free end portions 44 of bills 40 are adapted to be pulled, so as to lie upon the outer pocket walls 32, as indicated at 41, and so as to be readily reached and pulled out of the pockets, through the slots 42, as desired. Bills 40 of larger denominations than those exposed through the pocket slots 42, and located beneath smaller denomination exposed bills, are, as shown in FIGURE 5, completely and invisibly closed in the pockets 26, 28 and by the exposed bills, and the closure tabs 38.

A longitudinally elongated triangular protective tab 46 is secured along a side edge of the cover sheet 12, and extends to the edge thereof, and is adapted to be folded inwardly onto the pockets 26, 28, and upon the exposed ends of money bills 40. The tab 46 has a central fold 48, aligned with the cover sheet fold 14', which facilitates the median folding of the tab 46, as the cover flaps are folded to close up the wallet A.

The form of wallet of the invention shown in FIG-* URES 6 to 11, and generally designated B, comprises an elongated rectangular flexible cover sheet 50, like that of FIGURES 1 to 5, and having a median transverse fold line 52, which defines first and second square flaps 54 and 56, which are superimposed when the wallet B is folded, as shown in FIGURE 6. The wallet B has one dual pocket 58, instead of the two single pockets of the wallet A of FIGURES 1 to 5.

he dual pocket 58, as shown in FEGURE 11, comprises a single elongated sheet, slightly narrower and slightly shorter than the cover sheet 50, and which has a transverse fold 6%) which is located intermediate the resultant inner and outer pocket walls 62 and 64, respectively, but is displaced toward the free end 65 of the outer wall 64, as shown in FIGURE 9, with the result that the inner pocket wall 62 is slightly longer than the outer pocket wall 64. The inner wall 62 is suitably secured, along its inner end, as indicated at 66, to the first flap 54, along its side of the cover sheet fold 6t), and the outer pocket wall 64 is normally folded down upon the inner pocket wall 62.

The pocket walls 62 and 64 are unsecured together at their side edges, but side tabs 68 extend along the side edges of the inner pocket wall 62 and are connected thereto by folds 7 0, and normally overlie the outer side of the inner pocket wall 62, beneath the outer pocket wall 64. the side tabs 63 form closure for the sides of the pocket 58, and have, on their outer sides, near the secured end of the inner pocket wall 62, snap fastener elements 72, with which are securably and separately engageable, snap fastener elements 74, on the inner side of the outer pocket wall 64, at its free end. Money bills 76 and 78, folded in half, having been placed crosswise in the pocket 53, and the side tab 68 brought inwardly over the bills and the outer pocket side wall '64 brought down upon the tab 68 and secured thereto, the bills 76, 78, are confined in the Pocket 58.

Providing access to money bills are longitudinal slots 80 and 62 which are severally provided in the inner and outer pocket walls 62 and 64. The bills 76, of smaller denominations,- are drawn through the slot 80 of the inner pocket wall 62, as shown in FIGURE 10, with the exposed portions 77 thereof disposed between the inner pocket wall 62 and the related cover flap, While bills 78, of larger denominations, are drawn out through the other pocket wall slot 82, so that the exposed portions 79 thereof overlie the outer side of the outer pocket wall 64, and preferably extend in the opposite direction from the exposed bill portions 7'7. The dual pocket 58 is free to be folded, relative to the cover sheet 59, toward either the cover flap 56, as shown in FIGURE 8, so as to provide free access to the exposed portions 79 of the larger denomination bills 78; or folded toward the cover flap 54, as shown in FIGURES 7 and 10, so as to provide free access to the exposed portions 77 of the smaller denomination bills 76. The pocket 58 normally lies upon the cover flap 54, as shown in FIGURE 7, because of the bias provided by the securement ofthe pocket to the cover Walls of the pockets. In the form of FIGURES l to 5, the adjacent side edges 34 of the inner and outer walls 50 and 32 are secured together, while in the form of FIG- URES 6 to 11 the adjacent side edges are secured together by means including the foldable side tabs 68 projecting from the inner wail 62 of the pocket 58 which tabs are secured to the outer wall 64 of the pocket 58 by the cooperating snap fastener elements '72 and 74 on the tabs 68 and the outer wall 64 of the pocket 53 respectively. Also, each of the pockets 26 and 28 of the form of FIG- URES l to 5, and the pocket 58 of the form of FIG- URES 6 to 11, is connected to one of the flaps 16 or 18 or of the flaps 54 and 56 along the longitudinally-inward edge of one of the inner and outer walls of the pocket.

While there have been shown anddescribed herein preferred forms of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarily confined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of and in the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated as being within the scope or" the invention as defined by the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:

1. A wallet comprising an elongated cover panel having a transverse median fold line dividing said panel into first and second cover flaps having inner sides, said cover flaps being adapted to be folded to superimposed closed position, a fiat pocket interposed between the inner sides of said flaps, said pocket being composed of inner and outer walls which have side edges and longitudinallyinward and outward edges, the walls of said pocket being connected together at one of said longitudinally-inward and outward edges and being separated at the other of said longitudinally-inward and outward edges, the separated other of said longitudinally-inward and outward edges forming therebetween an access opening to the interior of the pocket for receiving folded money, and means closing each of the adjacent side edges of the outer and inner walls of the pocket, said pocket being connected to one of said flaps. along one of the longitudinallyinward edges of the inner and outer walls thereof, there being a longitudinal slot formed in the outer wall of said pocket and extending between the longitudinal inward and outward edges of the outer Wall for providing controlled access to the bills in said pocket.

2. The wallet according to claim 1 which includes in addition a second such flat pocket which is connected to the other one of said flaps along the other of the longitudinally-inward edges of the inner and outer walls thereof.

3. The wallet according to claim 1 wherein the means closing each of the adjacent side edges of the outer and inner walls of the pocket comp-rises foldable side tabs projecting from the inner wall of the pocket, and cooperating snap fastener elements on said tabs and the outer wall of the pocket for securing the tabs to the outer wall of the pocket.

References (Iited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,840,212 Rolls Jan. 5, 1932 2,432,254 Sherwood Dec. 9, 1947 2,625,974 Broughton I an. 20, 1953 2,629,419 Klein Feb. 24, 1953 2,650,631 Schiller Sept. 1, 1953 

